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Hagel Urged To Move On ‘Game-Changer’ Agreement

Camille Tuutti | FedScoop | April 16, 2013

A House panel is calling on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to follow through on a recent plan to improve disability benefits claims processing for transitioning service members and veterans. Read More »

Harris Corporation Authorized To Connect Veterans Affairs And DoD Electronic Health Record Systems

Press Release | Harris Corporation | March 4, 2013

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS)...has been authorized to deploy a solution that enables the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to share electronic health records. Harris completed the Critical Design Review process and achieved Authorization to Operate for the initial deployment of the Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) suite that will support information sharing between the VA and the DoD. The SOA will enable new types of clinical collaboration and integration of legacy data in standard interfaces that help users to exchange information in real time, without needing to change source data or displays. Read More »

Harris Corporation Awarded $60 Million IT Contract To Expand National Healthcare Mobility Infrastructure

Press Release | Harris Corporation | October 17, 2013

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded the final phase of a three-phase program that will enable the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct critical services wirelessly. The contract is valued at $60 million over four years, with all options exercised. Read More »

Harris Corporation Solution To Help Improve Communications Between Veterans And U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs

Press Release | MicroPact, Harris Corporation | September 25, 2013

Harris to provide enterprise Correspondence Tracking Software across Veterans Affairs.
Will improve efficiency in handling thousands of daily inquiries and requests.
Three-year, $8 million contract awarded under T4 contract vehicle. Read More »

Harris Executive Tapped to Head Defense/VA Program Office

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | February 28, 2012

The Defense Department has tapped Barclay Butler, former vice president for healthcare solutions in the government division of Harris Corp. to serve as director of the Defense Department/Veterans Affairs Department Interagency Program Office, which will manage the development of an integrated electronic health record for both departments. Read More »

Harris Healthcare Solutions Achieves Critical Milestone In Secure Exchange Of Health Information

Press Release | Harris Corporation | October 7, 2013

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has successfully deployed its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Suite solution enabling the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to securely exchange health information. Read More »

HCA's Perlin Named Chair-Elect Designate Of AHA Board Of Trustees

Andis Robeznieks | ModernHealthcare.com | July 25, 2013

Dr. Jonathan Perlin, chief medical officer and president of clinical and physician services at Nashville-based HCA, was elected chair-elect designate of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees during the AHA Health Forum and Leadership Summit in San Diego. Read More »

Headline Sponsors Harris Healthcare To Show How To Achieve Better Outcomes Through Value-Based Healthcare

Press Release | Harris Healthcare | September 18, 2012

Headline sponsors Harris Healthcare, will highlight the critical role of technology in providing value-based healthcare at this year's Healthcare Efficiency Through Technology EXPO at Olympia, London. Read More »

Health eTime Scheduler: the Winning Solution

On October 3, 2013, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the winners of its Medical Appointment Scheduling Contest. The Health eTime solution, developed by MedRed LLC, BT and VISTA Expertise Network, was named as 1st Place winner and awarded a $1.85 million prize. VA evaluators determined that Health eTime best instantiated their next generation scheduling requirements...What follows is a summation of the contest process, our efforts, as well as details of the emerging Health eTime solution. Read More »

Health eTime Wins VA Medical Appointment Scheduling Contest to Enhance Care for Veterans

Press Release | MedRed, LLC, VISTA Expertise Network, BT | October 14, 2013

Application developed by MedRed, BT and VISTA Expertise Network takes first place with comprehensive system that advances scheduling capacities for all involved in veterans’ care Read More »

Health IT Inefficiencies Hinder Coordination For DOD, VA, Audit Finds

Staff Writer | iHealthBeat | October 2, 2012

The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are facing several barriers -- such as inefficiencies in health IT projects -- that are hindering their efforts to effectively coordinate care, according to a recent audit by the Government Accountability Office, Government Health IT reports (Brino, Government Health IT, 10/1). Read More »

Health Level Seven International Project Supports the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s Blue Button® Requirements

Press Release | HL7 | February 28, 2012

[Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International] today announced a response to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) recent requirement that U.S. Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) health insurance carriers support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Blue Button® text file format as a means of conveying personal health information to federal employees. Read More »

Healthcare CIOs Juggle More Mobile Challenges

Neil Versel | Information Week | November 22, 2011

As mobile devices multiply in numbers and grow more sophisticated, healthcare CIOs are facing all kinds of new challenges in distributing information and keeping networks secure. Read More »

Healthcare for Veterans: Does it Pay to Take Vets Off Medicaid?

David E. Williams | Med City News | January 17, 2012

Surprisingly (to me anyway) there are numerous veterans who end up on Medicaid instead of turning to the VA system, which offers richer benefits. For example, some veterans qualify for the VA’s Aid and Attendance Pension, which helps low-income veterans and widows receive long-term care in their home or an institution. Medicaid may attempt to recover costs by going after an enrollee’s estate, while the VA doesn’t. And the VA may also provide a pension for elderly and disabled veterans and their survivors, and a death benefit.

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HealthQx Chosen By TriWest Health Alliance To Help Assure Health Care Quality For Millions Of Veterans

Press Release | TriWest, HealthQx | October 14, 2013

HealthQx has been awarded a five-year contract by TriWest Health Alliance to help direct Veterans to the most appropriate specialists in the TriWest network, which serves veterans in 28 states and territories.   To meet TriWest's requirements, HealthQx will employ its CareQx Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. Read More »